On behalf of the Global Creative Industries Programme of the School of Modern Languages and Cultures,The University of Hong Kong,we are delighted to invite scholars,researchers,postgraduate students from all disciplines in humanities,education,social sciences and business to propose papers and panels for the Sixth Global Creative Industries Conference to be held at Reitaku University,Japan from 27th June to 28th June 2020.The Sixth Global Creative Industries Conference is co-organized by the Global Creative Industries Programme of the School of Modern Languages and Cultures(HKU),Creative Push,and Reitaku University.

Since its establishment in 2012,the Global Creative Industries Programme has endeavored to foster the development of the creative industries,enhance interdisciplinary research on creativity and nurture creative talents.The conference on global creative industries is to provide a platform for researchers,educators,and practitioners to present their most updated research on all aspects of creative industries in all parts of the world.

This year,the theme of the conference will be ‘Cultural Intermediaries in Global Creative Industries’ and hence we especially welcome the research papers which are relevant to the conference theme.Papers about different important issues at global creative industries will also be welcomed.

The conference also serves as a venue for researchers and educators to reflect on their research in this emerging field of study and locate the key theoretical and empirical questions that should be addressed in our future research.Finally,the conference hopes to provide an opportunity for researchers,educators,and practitioners to exchange ideas,from alliances,and build network to advance both the industries and the understanding of the field.

The deadline for panel and individual paper proposal submissions is 30th March,2020.All proposals must be submitted to the Organizing Committee by email at gcicon2020@gmail.com for review.You will find detailed instructions for submissions below.If you have any questions regarding the conference details,please contact the Organizing Committee at gcicon2020@gmail.com.

Themes

1.Relationship between culture and business;

2.Relationship among politics,culture and industries;

3.The organization of creative industries;

4.The labor of creative industries;

5.Creative industry management;

6.Globalization of creative industries;

7.The finance of creative industries;

8.Education for creative industries;

9.Business models in creative industries;

10.Research frameworks of creative industries;

11.Definition and action of cultural intermediaries in creative industries;

Participants are very welcome to submit paper proposals on other themes which are relevant to global creative industries.

Panel and Individual Paper Proposals Submission

The panel organizer should provide a list of all the proposed papers with the following information:

Individual paper proposals are equally welcome.The title of the proposed paper(including email address and affiliation of the presenter) and its abstract of 250-word(maximum;in English/Chinese) should also be sent to gcicon2020@gmail.com

Official Language

1.English will serve as the official language.

2.Other languages,such as Chinese(Putonghua and Cantonese),Japanese and Korean,are also welcome.

3.Please mention in your proposal the specific language that the panel members/individual presenters will use.